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Wisconsinites enjoy bowling as much as anyone, particularly in the Milwaukee area. Bowling alleys are adapting to the changing times and are finding ways to entertain bowlers and those who prefer other activities.

"Everyone can participate in bowling, whether you are young or old," said Taylie Longley, marketing manager at JB's on 41, 4040 S. 27th St., Milwaukee. "We try to have something for everyone."

Lanes can be rented by the hour or by the game; shoe rentals are included at many places.

Many bowling establishments provide other entertainment as well, including food, arcades, bars and other games.

"We see so many guests beyond just bowlers. We have a variety of activities for everyone in the family," Longley said.

JB's offers special events and holiday packages for any family. Visit jbson41.com for more information. A few other options are:

Beloit Lanes, 9150 W. Beloit Road, West Allis, 414-541-6073

Burnham Bowl Hall, 6016 W. Burnham St., West Allis, 414-543-7880

Classic Lanes, 5054 W. Layton Ave., Greenfield, 414-282-6400

Check out bowling-centers.com for a complete list of bowling centers in Wisconsin or the Milwaukee area.

Winter Break activities

Grab the kids and head over to the Greendale Public Library, 5647 Broad St. and check out these family friendly activities. Check out greendale.org or call 414-423-2136 for more information.

Craft making

Have fun making crafts with a variety of materials — tissue, yarn, feathers, google eyes— to name a few from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Dec. 27 in the Youth Area.

Animal Tracking

From 1:30 to 3 p.m. Dec. 28 in the Community Room, find out where wild animals go in winter. Learn about animal tracks in Wisconsin and gain hands-on experience. Program will include outside exploration, weather permitting, and is for children age 5 to 12.

Movie

See the film "Captain Underpants" from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Dec. 29. The flick will be shown in the the Community Room and is based on the best-selling children’s book series and rated PG.

No-school fun day at the Y

Join the Southwest YMCA,11311 W. Howard Ave. in Greenfield beginning at 7 a.m. Dec. 27 for games, sports, swimming, arts and crafts and activities that will keep your child learning and moving. Register no later than two days prior to ensure availability.

The program is for children ages 4 to 12 and costs $30 for members, and $38 for the general public. Check out the website at gwcymca.org or call 414-546-9622 for additional information.

Head to a movie

Over the holidays many theaters run movies all day to meet demand from families who are tired of hanging out at home.

"It's a great tradition that a lot of people enjoy," said Julie Caan of Marcus Theaters. "You can find great bargains. You don't have to spend a fortune to bring your family."

Many theaters offer specials on a weekly basis and increase them over the holidays when the children are out of school. For example, Marcus theaters offers $5 Tuesdays year-round, and increase the number of movies and showtimes the day after Christmas.

For a complete list of movies theaters with showing times and dates, visit fandango.com.

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A visitor samples a German beer during Oktoberfest at Old World Wisconsin in Eagle on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017. The traditional celebration includes historic brewing demonstrations, agricultural displays, German entertainment, food and beer. Scott Ash/Now News Group

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Jace Trinkle, 4, and his sister Rylee, 11, collect candy during the “Trek ’n Treat” at Grant Park in South Milwaukee on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017. The event, hosted by the Friends of Grant Park, offered participants the opportunity to “view the haunts of nature” on an educational trek along the Seven Bridges Trail. Scott Ash/Now News Group

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Emily Zajac, 13, of Racine and Casey Stefanowski of Milwaukee perform a dance with the Syrenka Youth Polish Folk Dance Ensemble during the Holiday Folk Fair International at State Fair Park in West Allis on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017. Scott Ash/Now News Group

Members of the SJNMA Color Guard present the school's colors during the annual Salute to Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces program at St. John's Northwestern Military Academy in Delafield on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. Scott Ash/Now News Group

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Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner speaks at a town hall meeting at Lannon Town Hall Friday, March 3, 2017 while a member of the audience records the meeting on his phone. Sensenbrenner made the rounds through his district holding 45 minute meetings at various town and village halls. Todd Ponath/Now Media Group

Christina McCaffery hugs dispatcher Amanda Huenink and thanks her for her help in delivering her baby at her home in Waukesha. Christina delivered the baby with the help of the dispatcher and her husband Jason before medical help was able to get to their house. Todd Ponath/Now Media Group

A member of the audience sign with agree on one side and disagree on the other during a town hall meeting at Sussex Village Hall Friday, March 3, 2017 held by Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner. Sensenbrenner made the rounds through his district holding 45 minute meetings at various town and village halls. Todd Ponath/Now Media Group

Bill Koehn applaudes during an abridged history presentation in honor of his 103rd birthday on Jan. 10. West Allis firefighters brought Koehn, the oldest retired West Allis firefighter, and residents of Library Square cake and custard to celebrate the day. C.T. Kruger/Now Media Group

Ryan Charles a Jesus and cast in an opening scene from the Greendale Community Theatre's production of "Jesus Christ Superstar." Show dates are Jan. 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, and 21 with all performances starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Greendale High School Auditorium.
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Candlelight concluded a program of speakers with words of hope and song during a Day of Light program at West Allis Central High School on Feb. 25. The program was prompted by the loss of West Allis brothers CJ and Tra Edwards who were shot and killed in an alleged attempted robbery on Feb. 12. C.T. Kruger/Now Media Group

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Girl Scouts from Troop 8098 parade along Washington Avenue enroute to the actual race during the Cedarburg Winter Festival Parade celebrating Mardi Gras on Feb. 18 as temperatures reached into the 60s cancelling a number of the Festival's snow and ice dependent events. C.T. Kruger/Now Media Group

Visitors to the public open house on the draft of the Life Sciences District Master Plan for lands remaining in the former County Grounds property leave comments on an aerial photograph of the area. C.T. Kruger/Now Media Group

Freshman Samara Eitel reacts as Greg Harris of Great Clips removes her hair during Buzz Cuts for Cancer on March 22 that raised about $10,000 for the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer (MACC) Fund as part of Shorewood High School's annual two-week long Shorewood Games. C.T. Kruger/Now Media Group

Members of the Spirit Committee try to see around their stars during a presentation of Dr. Seuss' The Sneech durng a Readers Theater presentation at College Park on March 3. The School has a monthly reading program with copies of a specific book provided to each classroom by the Greendale Education Foundation.
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Mary McIntryre looks through one of the 50 scrapbooks that document the action and activity of the Whitefish Bay Women's Club over it's 100 year history. Founded in 1917, 75 club members gathered for a celebration on March 8, the exact day of the Club's founding and a coincidence to be the same date as International Woman's Day. C.T. Kruger/Now Media Group

Captain Biggie America, also known as Jon Vic, a board member of the Ozaukee Big Brothers Big Sisters, fires up more than 30 bowlers from three different service groups for the 2017 Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl for Kids' Sake at the Harbor Hills Recreation Center in Port Washington on March 10. The evening, the first of four Friday nights of bowling for the Ozaukee County Big Brothers and Big Sisters, encouraged teams to participate in its superhero theme. C.T. Kruger/Now Media Group

Third grader Natalie Surges poses for photograph as the Mona Lisa in an interactive area of the Dixon Elementary School Gallery Night on March 14. The evening featured displays of student artwork, performances by the school's Orchestra and Band, and craft activities in the school's gymnasium. C.T. Kruger/Now Media Group

Sophomore Jasmine Narine (left) and Freshman Jacob Miron of the Strategy group figure out distances and angles between field positions for the autonomous portion of the FIRST Steamworks competition. The team scores points if their robot can perform a task automatically within the first moments of a competition round. The rookie team of 24 students and nine mentors working in five groups will compete for the first time at the Milwaukee Regional FIRST Steamworks event at the Panther Arean March 23-25. C.T. Kruger/Now Media Group

Sair Wagner, a volunteer from Sheboygan, coordinates teams into a staging area at the FIRST Robotics Regional competition at the Milwaukee Panther Arena for the three day event starting March 23. C.T. Kruger/Now Media Group

Bayside Middle School Principal Jodi Hackl samples a bit of the whipped cream from one of four pies to the face during three lunch hours on May 6. The honor of tossing a pie was auctioned off durinig an event by the Fox Point- Bayside Educational Foundation. C.T. Kruger/Now Media Group

Korean War Veteran Walter Gerke of Greenfield hands over a spoon for some ice cream that he gave to Olivia Kinart of Brookfield during the first Elm Grove Memorial Day Block Party hosted by the Elm Grove Men's Club and American Legion Post 449. The Block Party followed the Elm Grove Memorial Day Parade. C.T. Kruger/Now Media Group

Grayson Kobleska of Germantown raises a flag in its correct spot at Wisconsin Memorial Park. Each of the more than 1,500 flags has a name, and a pole number, and a specific spot to be placed in Wisconsin Memorial Park for its Memorial Day weekend preparations. It took most of May 24 for a dozen Wisconsin Memorial Park staff plus scouts and other volunteers to place the flags throughout the memorial park. C.T. Kruger/Now Media Group

Abby Bruss, 11, rolls out from the final mud crawl in the U.S. Bank Mud Splash to benefit the Germantown Community Scholarship Fund's Teacher Grant Awards at Germantown High School on June 16. C.T. Kruger/Now Media Group

Members of the Wauwatosa West Class of 2017 enter the school's stadium for the commencement ceremony Friday, June 9. Guests at the graduation ceremony filled the stadium's home bleachers and spilled out onto sidewalks and slopes leading to the facility. C.T. Kruger/Now Media Group

Morgan Gerke of Jackson sits with her "cousin dog" Charlie while waiting for other family members as they visit the 10th annual HAWS Pet Fair in Rotary Park in Menomonee Falls on Aug. 19. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Michael Dobler of Gurnee cleans a reproduction Confederate saber for another participant while in his 16th Century Scotish camp during 12th Annual Settlers Weekend at Honey Creek Park in West Allis on Aug. 26. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Cole Gillies of Evanston, IL gets comfortable in the cab of a tractor used to mow New Berlin roadsides and ditches during an Open House at the New Berlin Streets Department on Aug. 24. Visitors could see all of the different types of equipment used on New Berlin streets, receive a small personalized street sign, and see four snowplow blades painted by area artisits. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Zachary Schultz, 10 doubles over to sneak under the bar in a limbo contest during a Tuesday Night in the Park Luau hosted by the Community Alliance Against Drugs at Veteran's Park on Aug. 15. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Allison Heisler of Whitefish Bay walks about with a giant balloon octopus twisted together at the JCC Summer Carnival on Aug. 8. The Carnival extended from the JCC Courtyard, on the east side of the Karl Community Campus, into a JCC parking lot offering carnival rides, inflatable rides, magician, face painting, games, balloon artist, food trucks and more. C.T. Kruger/Now Media Group

Olivia Hughes, 9, (left), Katrina Zrnic, 10, (center), and Nora Ellingson, 8, (right) find a unique place to rest in Greendale High School Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in Greendale, Wisconsin. The three were on hand for the school's varsity basketball game. Peter Zuzga/Now Media Group

Gurmit Singh finishes a turban on Nicole Jusuf of West Milwaukee in a turban awareness activity hosted by Sikhs Engaged in Welfare and Awareness as one of the activities following the Chardhi Kala 6K Memorial Run Walk at Oak Creek High School on Aug. 5, the fifth anniversary of the shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek. C.T. Kruger/Now Media Group

Abigail Guetter of NK Summer Flowers assembles a bouquet of fresh flowers at a stand at the Greedale Downtown Market on Sept. 23. The market's last day of the season is Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon through Oct. 7. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Russell Miller feels the burn, or bier, in a round of Masskrugstemmen, a German endurance game, during Elm Grove's Oktoberfest hosted by the Elm Grove Foundation at Village Park on Sept. 23. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Ben Franklin Elementary School kindergarteners and chaperones from Menomonee Falls ride a hay wagon from a field where they picked pumpkins at Jim's Pumpkin Farm in Germantown on Oct. 12. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Evelyn Beyer, 12, of the Aqua Sprites blows bubbles while waiting for costumed children to stop by for treats during the Wauwatosa Recreation Department's Trunk or Treat in the Fisher Building parking lot on North Avenue on Oct. 21. Organizations and groups of individuals set up decorated spots out the back of their vehicles for children to stop by for treats. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Kindergartener Jack Etter waits in his runaway cow creation for the start of the 4th annual Duct Tape Fashion Show at Longfellow Middle School hosted by The Friends of Tosa Destination Imagination teams. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Mikey O'Brien raises his hand as Lori O'Brien is sworn in to testify before Judge Lloyd Carter during the final adoption proceedings for Mikey and brothers Malachi (left) and Isaiah at the Waukesha County Juvenile Center on Oct. 27. The three boys lived as foster children with the O'Brien family for more than three years. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Nick Hoard waits with a bowl of candy and waves to people walking past Clear Water Outdoors during the Harvest Festival at North Genesee and Main streets as part of Halloween festivities in Delafield. Music, a chili cook-off, children and family activities, trick or treating at participating stores and a Grand Pumpkin Illumination at night was part of Fall Fest in Delafield on Oct. 28, 2017. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

With a boost from his mother Elizabeth, James Davis of New Berlin adds steel balls to the top for a trip through a Q Ba Maze tower at Silly Willyz Toy Shop on Nov. 11 as one of the stores nation wide celebrating National Neighborhood Toy Store Day. Families were invited to try a variety of toys, do arts and crafts, and receive a creation by Love Bug Face Painting. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Mickey Marwood readies a golf cart that would lead the Germantown Poms in the Germantown Christmas Festival Parade on Nov. 11. The parade was followed by horse-drawn carriage rides, hot beverages and treats, caroling, visits with Santa, gift-basket sales by the Friends of the Library and craft activities at the Germantown Library. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

People face West Moreland Boulevard in front of the Waukesha County Courthouse on Nov. 9 to protest the Waukesha County Sheriffs Department working with federal agencies in the handling of alleged illegal immigrants through what are known at 287(g) agreements. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Kellan Kalman, 6, of Delafield surveys bowls of decorating candy during the 14th annual Gingerbread House Decorating Event at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Delafield on Nov. 26. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

A sign posted two years ago at the Hillview boat launch warns of the invasive Starry Stonewort algae in the bay off the lauch site. Little Muskego Lake has been lowered seven feet in order to freeze out Starry Stonewort, that has since spread to four concentrated areas along the lake's shoreline. Lakeshore owners are being permitted to manually remove weeds 100 feet out from their shorelines. The Department of Natural Resources has closed all fishing on the lake as of Nov. 1 until March 5 as fish have become concentrated in the southern end of the lake and susceptible to fishing pressure. The extreme drawdown is the lastest step in a three-year battle to stop the invasive algae from spreading further in the lake and to other lakes. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Peter John Lindsay tries to tickle Emilija Messer as he inflates a balloon to be twisted into a creation at Thrivent Financial as part of the Elm Grove Holiday Open House on Nov. 11. Horse-drawn wagon rides connected sales at the School Sisters of Notre Dame, the Elm Grove Library and the Elm Grove Women's Club with the Elm Grove Park and Shop. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Cohen Erickson, a Grace Christian Academy third grader, joins Lynn Miner of Glendale for a trick during Miner's magic act at the Kids2Kids Toy Drive at VMP Health Care and Community Living in West Allis on Dec. 1. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Ronald Reagan Elementary Principal Brady Reinke climbs onto a rooftop section wearing an abominable snowman suit he wore for the school's pajama day to get ready for spending the night of Nov. 30 on the roof that was an incentive for students to raise $25,000 in a school fundraiser. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Jean Staven of Elements in Motion works with customer Sheila Frisinger on a Gyrotonic in the Hartland Movement Center studio at 592 W North Shore Drive in Hartland that is home to six different fitness businesses. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Hope Wojcik and her mother Kourtney of Port Washington greets Rapunzel and other story characters portrayed by Port Washington High School theatre students at the Polar Express, a tri-community event at the Port Washington Fire House on Dec. 9. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Cole Pommering colors his letter in Ashley Averkamp's third grade classroom at Poplar Creek Elementary School in New Berlin on Dec. 14. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Steinhafels will donate $10 to the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight for for every letter written, and the letters distributed to veterans during Mail Call on future Honor Flights. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Laurie Ganske of Franklin photographs her grandchildren with a Storm Trooper from the 501 Legion group on hand to mingle with fans at the opening night of the Star Wars series latest movie, "The Last Jedi," at the Majestic Cinema of Brookfield on Dec. 14. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group

Malisa Gray (front) and Olivia Kinart use a spounge technique to apply glaze to a clay bowl as part of the all-school Empty Bowls project at Dixon Elementary School on Dec. 13. The finished bowls will be sold for $10 each during an Empty Bowls Ice Cream Soical on Jan. 30. Proceeds from the project will be donated to the Milwaukee Rescue Mission where $10 provides a hot meal or clothing for five people. C.T. Kruger/Now News Group